Arctocephalus forsteri: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Carnivora
- Family
- Otariidae
- Genus
- Arctocephalus
- Species
- Arctocephalus forsteri
- Scientific Name
- Arctocephalus forsteri
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Arctocephalus forsteri
Arctocephalus forsteri (common names include the Australasian fur seal, South Australian fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Antipodean fur seal, or long-nosed fur seal) is a species of fur seal found mainly around southern Australia and New Zealand. The name New Zealand fur seal is used by English speakers in New Zealand; kekeno is used in the Māori language. As of 2014, the common name long-nosed fur seal has been proposed for the population of seals inhabiting Australia.
Although the Australian and New Zealand populations show some genetic differences, their morphologies are very similar, and thus they remain classed as a single species. After the arrival of humans in New Zealand, and particularly after the arrival of Europeans in Australia and New Zealand, hunting reduced the population to near-extinction.
...Arctocephalus forsteri in languages:
- Arabic
- فقمة الفراء الأسترالية
- Arabic
- فقمة نيوزيلاند الفرائية
- Bokmål
- New Zealandpelssel
- Czech
- lachtan Forsterův
- Danish
- New Zealandsk pelssæl
- Dutch
- Nieuw-Zeelandse Zeebeer
- English
- Southern Fur Seal
- English
- New Zealand Fur Seal
- English
- Antipodean Fur Seal
- English
- Black Fur Seal
- English
- South Australian Fur Seal
- English
- Australian Fur Seal
- English
- Australasian Fur Seal
- English
- Long-nosed Fur Seal
- English
- Longnose Fur Seal
- Finnish
- uuden-seelanninhylje
- French
- Otarie à fourrure de Nouvelle-Zélande
- German
- Neuseeländischer Seebär
- German
- Australischer Seebär
- Italian
- Otaria orsina della Nuova Zelanda
- Japanese
- ニュージーランドオットセイ
- Lithuanian
- Australinis Jūrų Lokys
- Modern Greek
- Γουνοφόρα Φώκια της Νέας Ζηλανδίας
- Māori
- Kekeno
- Polish
- kotik nowozelandzki
- Portuguese
- Lobo-marinho-da-Nova-Zelândia
- Russian
- Новозеландский морской котик
- Ukrainian
- Морський котик новозеландський
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